Sorry I lost my inspiration for a while on this one, I will be changing things again.
She felt his hand on her back, assuring her of his support and love.
"Scott is wondering around the compound, near where this Cerebro is, Jean will you be alright?" She turned to her friend who nodded,
"We are going with you, Magneto is the only one who can remove those heavy panels. I would rather not trust you, no offense but we are enemies." Mystics voice was firm, she looked at Jean who nodded.
"Then, its settled." She stopped, her eyes drawn to the screen, "Enlarge that." As the screen got bigger she cursed.
"The children, we have to get them out of here." She felt her heart tighten as she heard them call for help. He pulled her to face him,
"We will 'Ro. Nightcrawler? With us, let's get this done." She followed him along with Kurt. They parted ways with Jean's group at the first hallway.
"Be careful. All of you." She watched worriedly over her shoulder as Jean walked off with their enemies. She felt Logan's eyes on her,
"She will be fine, she's a lot stronger then she looks 'Ro." He said softly, before a low growl escaped him, "We have company." Nightcrawler climbed to the ceiling and waited. Several soldiers walked into the room,
"Remember what Stryker said, he doesn't want Weapon X finding the lab. Orders are to destroy all the evidence." The leader pointed to the wall, he pushed on it and the wall opened to reveal a destroyed lab,
"Logan," She whispered, they crept into the room. One of the soldiers spun around aiming the gun at her. She smiled at him,
"That would be a very bad idea. Please put your weapons away." He moved his finger to the trigger,
"Have it your way." She summoned a gust of wind and knocked the soldiers out, she looked around for Logan. He was tracing some marks in the concrete wall,
"These are mine." She saw the pain on his face, she touched his shoulder, assuring him she was there for him. He stood abruptly, walking to a large tank in the middle of the room, she followed examining the medical equipment, the bubbling drew her attention to the vat of boiling metal. She spotted a notebook, tucked under the cart. Pulling it out she nearly swore,
James Howlett a.k.a Wolverine has responded to the adamatium. Stryker has decided that Victor Creed a.k.a Sabertooth should be the next to undergo the treatment. Wolverine's sudden disappearance and the destruction of the lab have made any new experiments nearly impossible. Right now they are rebuilding the lab to begin testing it out on new mutant subjects.
She set it down, the blood and metal had covered the rest of the words, she saw him looking around the room, trying to remember. Deciding to tell him his real name, she crossed the room.
"Logan," She waited until she had his attention, he looked at her silently." James Howlett, that's your real name. This is where they experimented on you." She saw the fury build in his eyes,
"Why? What would make them do this to me?" She felt his pain and hugged him, pressing herself as close as she could.
"It doesn't matter, everything that happened made you into the man you are now, the man I Love."
"How touching." A female voice said her voice dripping with sarcasm, she turned towards the new voice startled. A woman in black leather stood in the doorway, cracking her knuckles, she glared at Logan.
"Who are you?" Logan growled, a glance told her that Nightcrawler was still waiting on the ceiling.
"The newer, improved, and better model. Seems to me that you are outdated and need to be recycled." The venom dripping out of her words, made Logan push her behind him. The woman smiled, her nails extended, much in the same way Logan's did.
"The tricky thing about adamantium is, that if you ever manage to process it's raw, liquid form. You've gotta keep it that way, keep it hot." Stryker's voice came from the other side of the lab, the woman slowly walked to protect him. "Because once the metal cools, it's indestrucible. But, you already know that." She moved to Logan's side, taking his hand.
"How sweet, you have a weather witch on your side." She glared at him, her eyes filling with fury, the pain rolling off Logan, making her normal calm elude her. She felt the power gathering waiting for her command,
"I would advise you quit trying to taunt us, Stryker. I'm normally a very patient woman, however you have broken into my home, stolen my children, and now you are hurting someone I love. Even one of those things is punishable by extreme agony, so its in your best interests to leave."
"You don't scare me witch." She smiled,
"Have it your way." She held up her arms and lifted Logan and herself off the ground just as lightning struck the outer wall and the lab flooded with water from the dam. The lightning struck the water and Stryker screamed in pain,
"Perhaps now is an good time to leave?" Nightcrawler's voice questioned,
"Yes, Kurt. Let us go free the children." She flew out the door, hanging onto Logan until they cleared the flooded level. He looked at her,
"That was something else 'Ro." She laughed,
"I have a temper, you know that very well by now Logan." She was cut off by the screaming of the children. She rushed to the grate in the floor,
"Ororo!"
"Ms. Munroe."
"Hold on kids." Logan's voice seemed to calm the children, he cut a hole in the grate and pulled it out, "I'm going to hand you up to Storm, alright?" He jumped into the hole and started to hand the children out one by one. She hugged each of them tightly, taking in their pajamas and lack of shoes,
"Thank you Mr. Logan." She saw him smile at the little girl in reply,
"Let's get you guys out of here. We have a plane and Rogue, Bobby, and John are waiting for you." He picked up the two youngest, a boy and a girl, both without shoes on. She ushered the rest to follow him and listened for any sound that would say they had company.
Mara looked around, she was happy they liked the food. She laughed to herself as the boys dug in, the girls fighting to get what they wanted. She knew that as soon as the others got back, they would finally be able to relax again. Peter caught her eye and she smiled at him,
"We should say a prayer of thanks. We are alive and have shelter, and very soon the Professor and the others will be back."
"I agree with Mara, lets us all be thankful, no matter our religion." They all closed their eyes and silently prayed for the safe return of the others.
"After dinner, we have a large choice of desserts. Which Peter teased me about making."
"Chocolate chip cookies?" Mutiple asked, eyeing the fridge.
"Cake?" Sunspot questioned hoepfully.
"What about ice cream?" Tabathia asked, dropping her sandwich back onto her plate. Taking a long drink of her soda,
"I want cheesecake." Alison said high fiving Kitty.
"We have all of that and more. Doctor Mactaggert will be here at the end of this week. She will stay with us until the others return." Mara said, she felt a glimmer of something, something had happened. Peter shared her startled look,
"God help us."
A/N I know very dramatic, but I wanted to know who wants me to kill off Jean and who prefers her to live and not become Phoenix. Please let me know, I can't decide.